Relative roles of heart transplantation and long-term mechanical circulatory support in contemporary management of advanced heart failure - a critical appraisal 10 years after REMATCH.

Relative roles of heart transplantation and long-term mechanical circulatory support in contemporary management of advanced heart failure — a critical appraisal 10 years after REMATCH 781 Review Closed chest hybrid coronary revascularization for multivessel disease — current concepts and techniques from a two-center experience 783 Awake coronary artery bypass grafting under thoracic epidural anesthesia: great impact on off-pump coronary revascularization and fast-track recovery 788 Pulsatile pulmonary perfusion with oxygenated blood ameliorates pulmonary hemodynamic and respiratory indices in low-risk coronary artery bypass patients 794 Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting via a small thoracotomy versus off-pump: a case-matched study 804 Even short-time storage in physiological saline solution impairs endothelial vascular function of saphenous vein grafts 811 Functional regeneration of ischemic myocardium by transplanted cells overexpressing stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1): intramyocardial injection versus scaffold-based application e135 Review T. A competency framework in cardiothoracic surgery for training and revalidation — an international comparison 816 Original articles Training in mitral valve surgery need not affect early outcomes and midterm survival: a multicentre analysis 826 Surgical results of active infective native mitral valve endocarditis: repair versus replacement 834 Beating-heart implantation of adjustable length mitral valve chordae: acute and chronic experience in an animal model 840 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF Cited in: Current Contents/Clinical Medicine — EMBASE/Excerpta Medica — MEDLINE/Index Medicus — Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica (SIIC). Online-only articles and videos associated with this issue can be found at Challenges in the management of severe asympto-matic aortic stenosis 848 The aortic interleaflet triangles annuloplasty: a multidisciplinary appraisal 851 Review Should intentional endovascular stent-graft coverage of the left subclavian artery be preceded by prophylactic revascularisation? 858 Original articles Thoracic endovascular repair versus open surgical repair — which is the more cost-effective intervention for descending thoracic aortic pathologies? 869 Short-and midterm results after hybrid treatment of chronic aortic dissection with the frozen elephant trunk technique 875 Total arch repair versus hemiarch repair in the management of acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection 881 Editorial comment by J. Bachet (United Arab Emirates) 887 Short-term results of retrograde pulmonary embolectomy in massive and submassive pulmonary embolism: a single-center study of 30 patients 890 Intra-operative paravertebral block for postopera-tive analgesia in thoracotomy patients: a random-ized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study 902 The efficacy of paravertebral block using a catheter technique for postoperative analgesia in thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized trial 907 M. Is flexible bronchoscopy necessary to confirm the position of double-lumen tubes before …